Bruce H. McCosar
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artist is a middle and high school science teacher residing in Sterling, VA, USA. He switched to teaching after a career in medicinal chemistry. He is a member of the Mvskoke (Creek) Nation, a Native American tribe originally indigenous to the Southeastern United States.
As a musician, he plays bass, guitar, Hammond organ, keys, and various drums. Many of these appear on his first album, , it focuses on a jazz-influenced rock sound; however, like , it is almost exclusively built using odd time signatures (such as 5/4 and 7/8). In this way, although it was born in a different world, it retains its connection to the past.
One more move: this time to a new house. It was a difficult change, and out of the struggle was born a new sound. is just that: a collection of jazzy, funky, cool -- and most of all, original -- compositions.
In addition to the works above, Bruce is also on , where he releases raw (unmixed) tracks from his albums and other works for use by remix artists.Your musical influences
Originally, Bruce was a jazz guitarist, and started a Gainesville band known as Rhythm Method. His favorite, and most influential, "mainstream" jazz artists are John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, Dave Brubeck, and Chet Baker. However, Bruce also loves soul jazz --- Cannonball Adderley, Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff --- and jazz influenced rock, for example, Joni Mitchell's Hejira album.What equipment do you use?
Hammond organ; Roland digital piano; Nord Lead 2X; Waldorf Blofeld; Fender Telecaster, Strat XII, P-Bass, and J-Bass. Computer audio (using Linux / Fedora 10 / CCRMA): all mixing done through , exotic effects through , and drum programming via either or .Anything else?
I signed up on Soundclick years ago, but never did much with the account -- mainly it was some cyber kung-fu to prevent someone else creating an account under my name. However, in 2009, I participated in FAWM (February Album Writing Month), and Soundclick was a key element. I plan to participate again in 2010.
Also, I released some of the elemental tracks from my fifth Jamendo album -- the audio sketches that eventually became full songs. There are 18 of them, and only nine made it onto the final album. However, I've always wondered what people would think of those originals. Frequently, there's something cool on them that I come back to later. This was the case with FAWM, many years ago.
I also have a number of 'unreleased' tracks. Some were originally posted to Dmusic years ago, but never solidified into a new album; others come from the last time I did FAWM.
And now -- I'm releasing the prototypes from my sixth Jamendo album. Four of the songs on that album came from FAWM 2009; two are remakes of songs that appear here in their original form. The remaining songs came from a series of audio sketches that I'm posting here.excelsio jones's station
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